The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-09


1 ficially advised of Mr. Chamberlain APP
pointment as President OF the Royal
! Commission, charged with the duty of
effecting the settlement of questions at
issue between the United States and
/ Great Britain concerning the fisheries.
Secretary Bayard believes there can
be no doubt as to the power of the Presi-
dent TO appoint the American Commits
sioners. The exact functions of the
Commission have not, however, yet been
defined.
German Affairs.
BERLIN, August 27th.-The jubilee
! prize, the most valuable racing prize
ever contested for in Germany, was won
on Thursday by the Hungarian colt Bull
gar, the property of Count Festetis. The
races brought forth great gathering of
German and Austrian turfman. The
Emperor and Empress of Brazil, the
King and Queen of Naples, and several
Bourbon Princes were present.
The reports that phylloxera have APP
| peared in the vineyards along the Rhine
is untrue. The coming vintage promises
splendidly.
Advices from Tilsit state that the emf
| grafton of Russian Jews to America has
been resumed with vigor.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has been
ordered to leave Vienna for making in
sulting remarks about the Archduke
Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor
BERLIN, August 30th-The annual as
| sembly of German Catholics opened at
| Treves yesterday. Fully 5000 delegates
were present. Herr Windthorst, in his
address, said that the entente cordiale
| which existed between the Pope and the
Emperor was highly important, as indi-
eating the turning point in their rela-
tions. He proposed the health of the
two potentates.
The police order forbidding the So
cialists to celebrate the death of Ferdi-
nand Lasselle did not have the desired
effect.
Thousands of the followers of the great
labor union organizer made pilgrimages
to Grunau yesterday.
British Affairs.
LONDON, August 31st.-In. the Parlia-
mentary election to fill the vacancy in
Ramsey or the north division of Hunt
ingtOn, caused by the acceptance by
William Henry Fellows, Conservative,
of Office under the Crown, he was re-
elected over Mr.. Saunders, the Glad
stone candidate, by vote of 200 to
2,414. In the last election Fellows was
unopposed and as the Liberals this time
came within few votes of capturing the
district, they regard the result as an adj
ditional proof of English public opinion
in favor of Gladstone's Irish policy.
1t is reported that the Cabinet has de-
cided to modify the proclamation of the |
league so that it shall apply to certain |
districts onlv------
SOFIA, August 27th.-Prince Ferdi- |
nand has received kilograms from both |
the Sultan and the Car. The message |
of the Sultan is moderate in tone, but |
states that the Princes assumption of
the Bulgarian throne was an illegal act,
and constitutes a breach of the Berlin
Treaty. The Cars communication is
decidedly imperative. 1t declares that
Russia disapproves of Prince Ferdi-
nand's election, and deems it a gross
violation of the treaty.
LONDON, August 31st-The Bulgarian
Cabinet has been formed as follows: NJ.
Stambelof, Premier and Minister of the
Interior NJ Natchevics, Minister of
Foreign Affairs; NJ Stolloff, Minister of
Justice; NJ. Mutkuroff, Minister of War;
S. Kickoff, Minister of Education; M.
Minister of Finance.
MisceIIan eOus.
1t is reported that English mediation
in Abyssinia has failed. ''Popolo Ro-
mano" says: September must not be
allowed to pass without effecting set
Element if not by mediation, then by
force of arms. 1t is stated that an ex-
petition to Abyssinia is being prepared.
Prince Napoleon and Prince Victor
have written to ex-Empress Eugene
asking to be excused from attending the
transfer of the remains of Napoleon III
and the Prince Imperial from Chisel-
hurst to Marlborough, on the ground
that it would be impolitic for the father
and son to meet each other
1t is reported that fresh attempt to |
kill the Gar was made on the Goth of
August. A Nihilist disguised as an Off ]
GER of the Guards, approached the I'M
oerial carriage, on a journey from Peters
ourg to Krasnoe-Selo, and fired pistol
1t the Car twice. The first shot missed
he Gar, but the second perforated his
,oat.
MONTREAL, August 27th.-A fire which S